[laconic]

The WSJournal had an article on this the other day; some of the students at Harvard Law are advocating a ban on competitive language which is rather strange since they're supposedly being taught and trained to represent their clients in adversarial situations. Universities are supposed to be about differing opinions and debate on issues, not places where you're surrounded only by people you agree with (the "old" Russia or the current North Korea are model places for this). By the way, the student who wrote the offensive word in his notebook was a Filipino; he said he didn't intend anything other than a note shortcut.

[Hila]

Yes. It sounds like people continue to advocate tolerance, which is in actuality intolerance. All this not offending others is leading to gag rules and compels students and others to become hypocritical. Moderation and good manners are not instilled, rule setters choose to impose their "sophisticated" laws. We have to retain freedom of expession.